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Automatic Railway-Gate.
Patent for a "strong, durable, efficient, easy of operation, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 20-23) automatic railway gate. It "is to provide a swinging gate and automatic means of particular construction for operating the gate" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Turvan, Jim O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine
Patent for an agricultural machine that consists of a rotary cutter and a fixed horizontal cutter. Illustrations are included.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Lucias S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher.
Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Bryan, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Knife.
Patent for a new cotton knife to provide more versatility in its use. It is "for sampling bales of cotton, and [...] cutting the bagging of the cotton, and a hook whereby a sample of cotton may be plucked out" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Bowers, Jacob R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blowpipe.
Patent for an improved blowpipe (or hydrocarbon torch), which when activated causes "an extremely hot needle flame" for a Bunsen burner (lines 18-19). Patent contains an illustration and instructions.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Downie, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for an improved wrench wherein various shaped and sized heads can be quickly and easily put on and taken off. This allows for the wrench to be used with nuts of varying shapes and sizes.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Davis, George W. & Davis, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Car-Doors.
Patent for a locking device for a sliding train car capable of locking automatically upon close, including illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Tierney, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Crate.
Patent for "an improved crate for catching, loading and handling hogs and the like stock" (lines 14-16)
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Winans, Myron L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Telephones or the Like.
Patent for "improvements in adjustable supports for holding telephones or the like" (lines 10-11). Patent includes illustration and specifications.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Priest, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Timing Mechanism for Automatic Oil Pumping Systems.
Patent for a timing mechanism for automatic oil-pumping systems, which adds improvements to a previous patent (Serial No.788,483). This patent includes a "novel mechanism for controlling the alternate action of a pressure and vacuum directed into a well" from the surface instead of the lower portion of the well (lines 33-35). Patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Stephenson, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint Composition
Patent for
Date:
December 9, 1916
Creator:
Brooks, Benjamin T. & Padgett, Fred W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Section Stalk Cutter
Patent for a multiple section stalk cutter that comprises of a three-section stalk cutter.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Evans, Lucius S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Shade Insect-Destroyer
Patent for an electric shade insect destroyer where the shade acts as a lamp shade and a insect catcher.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Levine, Lewis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Cleaner.
Patent for an improved floor cleaner that allows for a belt or apron to be turned on to provide continuous motion in order to clean or scrub floors. The floor cleaner will also supply water to the belt, wring and catch dirty water from the belt, and tighten the belt.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Crawford, Hezekiah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge.
Patent for an improved gate hinge that allows for a gate to swing open in either of two directions. The mechanism is particularly suitable for stockyards and is constructed to "prevent the gate from being rubbed or pushed open by an animal" (lines 26-28) including illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Saunders, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Mounting for Vehicle Bodies
Patent for new, and resilient vehicle mounting, which aims to "mount a body in such a manner as to eliminate jars and jolts..." (lines 11-12).
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Chambers, Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage Burning Furnace
Patent for a new and useful garbage burning furnace that burns garbage efficiently in a combustion chamber. Illustrations are included.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Stokes, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mop.
Patent for a replaceable mop body, or mop brush, with instructions and illustration. In the uppermost portion of the mop brush, new fibers that "can be slightly advanced out of the casing" (lines 79-80) allow for the the use of new fibers, when old fibers become worn or damaged.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Morrison, Murray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for getting a good knowledge on how to use a cultivator, detailed instructions are provided.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Blalock, Justice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History